Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 03:45:01 +1000 (GMT+1000) From: Trent Waddington <s337240@student.uq.edu.au> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.30.0103070344490.18369-100000@student.uq.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010306010616.046d6320@localhost>
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I suggest you read the essay again. On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Brett Glass wrote: > At 01:04 PM 3/5/2001, Trent Waddington wrote: > > >fine. Let's say I buy you're theory of "balance", here's an essay by RMS > >calling for a new copyright proposal. Not for the outright abolishment of > >copyright, just simply for a new "copyright deal". > > Not true at all. In that essay, Stallman says that if users want to do > ANYTHING that is prohibited by copyright laws, the prohiibition should > be removed. This would amount to abolishing copyright altogether, which > is what Stallman has always stated that he wants. > > This is no compromise. It is the equivalent of saying, "Sure, we'll > compromise, and here are our terms: unconditional surrender." > > This is "compromise" a la Yasser Arafat. > > --Brett > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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